From generation-bridging jams to seismic melodic hardcore: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche published 2 October 20 Massive new tracks from Cory Wong/Joe Satriani, Tallah, Sufjan Stevens, Anna B Savage and oh-so-many more…
Cory Wong enlists Joe Satriani for Massive, the shreddiest funk jam you’ve ever heard By Michael Astley-Brown published 2 October 20 The funk maestro’s 8th(!) album of 2020 is set to feature Satch, Tom Misch and many more
Satriani, Vai, Nuno, Yngwie and many more wish Guitar World a happy 40th anniversary in epic video message By Richard Bienstock published 25 September 20 #GuitarWorld40: Satch will be holding one note for 40 hours in our honor
Watch Steve Vai – actually, many Steve Vais – shred Joe Satriani’s Teardrops By Richard Bienstock published 18 September 20 Def Leppard’s Phil Collen also takes on Satch’s recent single, Nineteen Eighty
Watch Steve Vai, Bumblefoot, Sammy Hagar and more improvise over Joe Satriani backing tracks By Richard Bienstock published 15 September 20 Satch invites you to shred over his official album backing tracks with the new Stripped x Three compilation
Joe Satriani shares advice for finding your voice on the guitar: "Always record yourself" By Michael Astley-Brown published 18 August 20 Satch also offers an update on the first of two new lockdown-recorded albums
Joe Satriani reflects on his greatest guitar moments so far in this classic 1995 interview By Mordechai Kleidermacher published 15 July 20 From Surfing with the Alien to Summer Song, Satch takes a look back at some of his most shred-tastic tracks and extraordinary guitar achievements
Channel some of shred’s most iconic guitar tones with AmpliTube Joe Satriani By Michael Astley-Brown published 9 July 20 IK Multimedia's eagerly anticipated artist collection is finally here - and it includes models of a Japanese-made Boss DS-1, Peavey 5150 and Satriani's signature amps and pedals
The history of instrumental rock By Joe Matera published 2 July 20 We look back at 60 years of the electric guitar-driven instrumental, from Link Wray and the Shadows to Dick Dale, Joe Satriani, Polyphia, Roopam Garg and beyond...
Joe Satriani: "Every day there’s something new to learn about the guitar. I don’t know if we’re ever going to figure the thing out!" By Joe Bosso published 15 June 20 The shred icon goes deep on the creation of Shapeshifting, his latest gear inspirations, and the solo that needed 170 takes to get right
Joe Satriani on his greatest used guitar find, Bonamassa-inspired buyer's remorse and why he just can't play SGs By David Mead published 1 June 20 Satch on his six-strings past and present, and a previously unthought-of attachment to a 1958 Fender Esquire…
Joe Satriani is working on two very different new albums in quarantine By Richard Bienstock published 26 May 20 “One would be another instrumental album, and another would be a vocal-oriented record,” Satch says
7 of the greatest 7-string guitar songs By Peter Hodgson published 26 May 20 Believe it or not, the 7-string has been around since long before djent rose to popularity... Here are some of the best songs that utilize this genre-pushing instrument
Nick Johnston, Lari Basilio and Plini on the genius of Joe Satriani By Amit Sharma published 19 May 20 Disciples of Satch weigh in on what makes the guitar world's shredder-in-chief king of six-stringers
12 mind-blowing guitarists reveal the techniques they struggled to master, and how you can improve your guitar playing faster By Jason Sidwell published 6 May 20 Joe Bonamassa, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani and many more share the lessons they wish they'd learned sooner
Ask Joe Satriani anything in his new Club Joe Streaming Sessions By Richard Bienstock published 4 May 20 Episode 1 - Classic Album Revisited: The Extremist premieres today
Joe Satriani names his worst album: "I have no idea why I thought people would want to hear that!" By Richard Bienstock published 23 April 20 The guitarist also picks his best effort, as well as his favorite non-Satch record
Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Yngwie and Satch signed this Jason Becker-owned Kiesel - and it just sold for $26,000 By Richard Bienstock published 17 April 20 “There is literally no other guitar on planet earth like this one”
Joe Satriani: "You have to be true to yourself. The internet is a great tool, but it also has the danger of homogenizing everybody" By Amit Sharma published 6 April 20 Satch returns with Shapeshifting, a record of quicksilver genius that elevates guitar playing once more
Joe Satriani names the one guitar that appears on all his albums - and it's not an Ibanez By Richard Bienstock published 31 March 20 "I’ve used it clean, dirty, with slide, for power chords - it’s a beautiful guitar," he says